NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

[BlueHen86]

The NCAA Division I wrestling championships start on Thursday, 3/21 at 12:00 Noon

Here is the ESPN TV schedule:

Thu, Mar 21
12pm NOON-NCAA Wrestling Championships First Round on ESPN3
7:30 p.m.-NCAA Wrestling Championships Second Round on ESPN3

Fri, Mar 22
11 a.m. NCAA Wrestling Championships Quarterfinals on ESPNU/ ESPN3
7 p.m. NCAA Wrestling Championship Semifinals on ESPNU

Sat, Mar 23
11 a.m. NCAA Wrestling Championships Medal Round on ESPNU
8 p.m. NCAA Wrestling Championships Finals on ESPN

[BlueHen86]

Here is a great website to follow the results:

http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/Login.jsp

[BlueHen86]

FCS representation at the tourney:

Appalachian St. 2
Brown 2
Bucknell 1
Chattanooga 5
Columbia 5
Cornell 7
Gardner-Webb 1
Lehigh 5
North Dakota St 4
Northern Iowa 4
ODU 4
Penn 6
South Dakota St 1
The Citadel 3

[BlueHen86]

Some updates:

Appalachian St:
125 Dominic Parisi is 2-0 and has made it to the quarterfinals
165 Zachary Strickland is 1-1

Old Dominion:
125 Rob Deutsch is 0-1
141 Chris Mecate is 1-1
149 Alexander Richardson is 0-1
174 Billy Curling is 0-1

The Citadel:
141 Undrakhbayar Khishignyam is 2-0 and has made it to the quarterfinals
157 Matthew Frisch is 0-1
285 Odie Delaney is 1-0

Harvard:
141 Steven Keith is 1-1
157 Walter Peppelman is 0-1
197 James Fox is 0-1

Not FCS - but Franklin & Marshall's 141 Rick Durso is 2-0 and will wrestle in the quarterfinals tomorrow.
My son will wrestle either 174 or 184 for F&M next year.

[clenz]

Way to leave uni off that update

Sent from the nexus of the universe

[BlueHen86]

Way to leave uni off that update

Sent from the nexus of the universe

My apologies, they were one of the teams that I meant to cover, I f'd up. Won't happen again.

Here you go:

Northern Iowa:

133 Levi Wolfensperger is 1-1
141 Joey Lazor is 2-1 (33 man brackets, had to wrestle the pigtail match)
157 David Bonin is 2-0 and is in the quaterfinals
184 Ryan Loder is 2-0 and in in the quarterfinals

[BlueHen86]

One more that I forgot:

North Dakota St.:

125 Trent Sprenkle is 1-1
165 Steven Monk is 1-1
184 MacKain Stoll is 0-2 and out of tourney
285 Evan Knutson is 1-1

[UNI88]

Thanks 86!

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[BlueHen86]

Some results though the end of last night. The number in ( ) is team points.

Penn State leads with 32.5
Oklahoma St second with 29.0
Cornell leads FCS with 12.0 (tied for 10th overall)
UNI is in 15th with 11.0

Appalachian St (3):
125 Dominic Parisi is 2-0 and has made it to the quarterfinals
165 Zachary Strickland is 1-1

Old Dominion (1):
125 Rob Deutsch is 0-2 and is out of tourney
141 Chris Mecate is 1-1
149 Alexander Richardson is 0-2 and is out fo tourney
174 Billy Curling is 0-2 and is out of tourney

The Citadel (3):
141 Undrakhbayar Khishignyam is 2-0 and has made it to the quarterfinals
157 Matthew Frisch is 0-2 ans is out of tourney
285 Odie Delaney is 1-1

Harvard (3.5):
141 Steven Keith is 1-1
157 Walter Peppelman is 1-1
197 James Fox is 0-2 and is out of tourney

Northern Iowa (11):
133 Levi Wolfensperger is 1-1
141 Joey Lazor is 2-1 (33 man brackets, had to wrestle the pigtail match)
157 David Bonin is 2-0 and is in the quaterfinals
184 Ryan Loder is 2-0 and in in the quarterfinals

North Dakota St. (2.5):
125 Trent Sprenkle is 1-1
165 Steven Monk is 1-1
184 MacKain Stoll is 0-2 and out of tourney
285 Evan Knutson is 1-1

[BlueHen86]

Thanks 86!

Beer Bonanza: Bars Stock Up To Ensure Supply
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No problem, glad some people are following along.

[CAA Flagship]

Old Dominion (1):
125 Rob Deutsch is 0-2 and is out of tourney
141 Chris Mecate is 1-1
149 Alexander Richardson is 0-2 and is out fo tourney
174 Billy Curling is 0-2 and is out of tourney

Not a great showing by the Monarchs but those are 3 Freshmen and a Junior.

[BlueHen86]

Old Dominion (1):
125 Rob Deutsch is 0-2 and is out of tourney
141 Chris Mecate is 1-1
149 Alexander Richardson is 0-2 and is out fo tourney
174 Billy Curling is 0-2 and is out of tourney

Not a great showing by the Monarchs but those are 3 Freshmen and a Junior.

I would say it's pretty impressive that they got 4 wrestlers through to nationals.

And you are right, Curling is a junior, the rest are freshman. They also have a decent recruiting class with 3 top 100 recruits commited.

[BlueHen86]

At 141 lbs. - Rick Durso of Franklin & Marshall almost pulled of the upset of the tourney so far, losing to top seed Hunter Steiber (34-0) of Ohio St 9-8.

Durso (39-4), the 9 seed, had Steiber on his back and a 7-5 lead midway through the third period, but Steiber battled back for the win.

Also at 141 lbs. - 6 seed Undrakhb Khishignyam (41-4) of The Citadel has advanced to the semifinals. He will finish no worse that 6th, top 8 are All-American. The match will be televised on ESPNU tonigh at 7:00.

[dbackjon]

We really need some pics in this thread

[CAA Flagship]

We really need some pics in this thread

Yeah.


Oh.


Wait.


Ummm.


Eww.

[BlueHen86]

Some results after quarterfinals and 3rd round of consy's. The number in ( ) is team points.

Anyone with 0 losses is in the semi's and had qualified for All-American
Anyone with 1 loss needs to win 1 more to qualify for All-American
Anyone with 2 losses is out of tourney

Penn State leads with 77.5
Oklahoma St second with 65.5
Cornell leads FCS with 37.0 (6th overall)
UNI is tied for 11th with 23.0

Appalachian St (3.0):
125 Dominic Parisi is 2-1
165 Zachary Strickland is 1-2

Old Dominion (1.0):
125 Rob Deutsch is 0-2
141 Chris Mecate is 1-2
149 Alexander Richardson is 0-2
174 Billy Curling is 0-2

The Citadel (13.0):
141 Undrakhbayar Khishignyam is 3-0
157 Matthew Frisch is 0-2
285 Odie Delaney is 3-1

Harvard (4.0):
141 Steven Keith is 2-2
157 Walter Peppelman is 1-2
197 James Fox is 0-2

Northern Iowa (23.0):
133 Levi Wolfensperger is 3-1
141 Joey Lazor is 4-1
157 David Bonin is 3-0
184 Ryan Loder is 2-1

North Dakota St. (2.5):
125 Trent Sprenkle is 3-1
165 Steven Monk is 3-1
184 MacKain Stoll is 0-2
285 Evan Knutson is 1-2

[clenz]

I an extremely impressed with UNIs showing right now.

What are the odds of our other three getting aa honors

Sent from the nexus of the universe

[BlueHen86]

I an extremely impressed with UNIs showing right now.

What are the odds of our other three getting aa honors

Sent from the nexus of the universe

Based on seeding:
133 Wolfensperger is a 9 seed against the 6 seed McCormick from Missouri
141 Lazor is unseeded against 5 seed Henderson from UNC
184 Loder is a 6 seed against 8 seed Ihnen from Nebraska

UNI a slight underdog at 133, a definite underdog at 141 and a slight favorite at 184. Odds are they will get at least 1 win, but winning all 3 is possible, they are in Iowa after all.

[clenz]

I an extremely impressed with UNIs showing right now.

What are the odds of our other three getting aa honors

Sent from the nexus of the universe

Based on seeding:
133 Wolfensperger is a 9 seed against the 6 seed McCormick from Missouri
141 Lazor is unseeded against 5 seed Henderson from UNC
184 Loder is a 6 seed against 8 seed Ihnen from Nebraska

UNI a slight underdog at 133, a definite underdog at 141 and a slight favorite at 184. Odds are they will get at least 1 win, but winning all 3 is possible, they are in Iowa after all.

I wouldn't bet on Wolfy tonight. After I got home from work I looked at who he actually had. McCormick major'd him twice this year.

Loder is wrestling a kid I went to church with growing up that is/was a freak of an athlete. 93-1 his last two years of HS, and a 151-11 record overall. 3 year letter winner in football (hell of a LB on a team that finished second in the state) and 2 time all district player...Siouxland Area Athlete of the year as a SR....3.99 GPA...ranked 10th coming out of HS.

[clenz]

Wolfy and Lazor both go down....


Loder beats Ihnen from Nebraska...becomes UNI's second All American this year!

[CitadelGrad]

The Citadel qualifies two All-Americans. The Citadel had produced only one AA before this year's tournament.

[BlueHen86]

Team Scores as of Saturday morning:

1. Penn State 114.5 (5 All-Americans, all in the championship match)
2. Oklahoma St. 94.0 (7 All-Americans, 2 in the championship match)
3. Minnesota 86.0
4. Iowa 68.0
5. Missouri 53.0
6. Cornell 51.0
19. Northern Iowa 26.5
24. Lehigh 18.5
24. The Citadel 18.5
28. North Dakota St. 13.5
29. Columbia 12.5
35. Pennsylvania 7.5
41. Harvard 4.0
46. Bucknell 3.5
49. Appalachian S. 3.0
51. Brown 2.5
55. Chattanooga 2.0
60. Gardner-Webb 1.0
60. Old Dominion 1.0
66. Cal Poly 0.0
66. South Dakota State 0.0

[BlueHen86]

FCS All-Americans:

Cornell
125 - Nahshon Garrett
141 - Michael Nevinger
165 - Kyle Dake (In championship match)
184 - Steve Bosak

Northern Iowa
157 - David Bonin
184 - Ryan Loder

Lehigh
184 - Robert Hamlin

The Citadel
141 - Undrakhbayar Khishignyam
285 - Odie Delaney

North Dakota St.
125 - Trent Sprenkle

Columbia
149 - Steve Santos

[BlueHen86]

Team Scores prior to finals:

1. Penn State 114.5 (5 in finals)
2. Oklahoma St. 111.5 (2 in finals)

A win is worth at least 4 points but can be more if there is a major decision, tech fall or pin. Penn St is the underdog in 4 of their 5 matches, Oklahoma St. is the favorite in both of theirs. The tema race could come down to the last match of the night, and the match of the year: 165 Dake (Cornell) vs Taylor (Penn St).

Dake is trying to become a 4x champion, and, if he wins, will be the first person to do it in 4 different weight class. He beat Taylor 3-2 back in January. Talyor want a high scoring match, Dake likes defense; should be a great match.

[BlueHen86]

The Citadel qualifies two All-Americans. The Citadel had produced only one AA before this year's tournament.

I was just watching the coverage on ESPNU. After Delaney won at 285 to finish 7th, that was announced over the PA system. Congrats to The Citadel wrestling program.